Telegram-herald., 1887-06-12
! UNHAPPY NeraopoLITANs.
! Correspondent whs Tells the Gauss sf
Their L&ek ~ Jos-

Especial C.FfesroEcener
AEw 1oRK. june &
The people of this city arr nos happy FL
,et,tlaass there are, of eoarse, as sIese have
such elaesrfnl dispositions that notling can
long defress theaa. and esbelS hse Ia tie sub
usts where they uisite the adsasstases Il
country ana city, bat stiil. tskea q naAss.
Go8hasnifss 10 not enjoy ifa A. ! walk
sl.ouf ll1e crowded sssloas tbe pfsefs II an-
happiness arr 10 many aud too pisfn to he
n.stAken In oals hours walk along the
Bswery 4 can see more strained and anxious
faces, more feveIed eyes an4 attenUated
forms, than l would sos IN lifetime IA the
rsfrsl west. Thess is indeed. deep canse for
anxiety, for / sfn satisfied that three foufths
of The nssn aud soHeh of tilis caty psVer fsel
easy as 10 their future, never feel certain that
tomorrow VIII Is this day be. II not more
abundant And Is 70 the small minority
whose fortune Is made. there are fisany forces
working against their comfort
Ii j. easy % $50 why life ia q great caEn-
nerclai city Is not happy. HaIFsness coss-
sists in rational exercise and development
Of ali the faculties of body and mind. lat
ever cuts osf OF duiis one senss closes - ave-
nue. 10 enjoyment and - far lonefs the gen.
eral tone OF TIE senses; ana al least fonr q
the ave senses are dnlied or perverted - ais
in New York First. the sight l. limited ~
the high buildings and narrow streets, u u
weakened and perverted by TIE ooustanl
view Of gray stone. red brick CT otsser wear.
ing colors- The TarAlsst j. forever exercising
his eye IN the most heslthful way. Now be
looks far across green fields and meadows
now into the dark green forests; again he
gaKes into pure running water. and yet again
into Tie deep blue sky untzinfed by smoke.
Eis eye Is forever reaaJustins its focus % fbs
far and the neAr. and forever growing
stronger But city children are - constantly
tending to nenfsight@dness. IL l. estimated
by physicians that 80 per cent. Of the schoo
children in this city are. 20 some extent
myopic, and II is shocking 70 s-e TIE nufnteI
Of them who use giasses-sllocking % see ths
steel bow on the nose Of a little fellow II 10
or IL who ought to be able O. knock a squire
AT sixty yards with "a rife II families could
live permanently in ihis city boys wouid b
born in the fifth generation who couldn't tel
a man from a COW two squares away.
With bcarinr, il Is still worse. Almord
every sound the ruralist hears IL rhyfhmicsl
--the lowing Of cattle, tie twifter of birds
the sigh OF the wind In the tress the cav ol
the crows Even the donkey's bray j. not
distinctly unmusicai Bat or the city's lsIsy
streets every sound is a discord-the rattle .:
(. carts on the stony paving. the roar Il the els'
waited roads, the cisftsr Of bells. the scream
Of engines Even the new boyK CRY their
papers in a harsh falsetto. which can only h
rivsled in Chinese theatre. or ooarss ths
ear is dulled and loses it, delicate serlse 4
harmony / wonder IL this i not the reasoE
city people can enjoy wagnerisn "music---
the hanging on nnyils and clsshing of rnsfAls
instead Of melody. Ii might he worth y bic
20 inquire If any of The great singers were
born in families living ON i,nsy streets
As 10 food. the contrast IL great The ru
rails. ~ets bis AZ first hand-fhe eggs tuft from
the ben, the milk from the COW. the fruit.
and vegetables soon after thsy are gathered
and water from the wei OF spring. OF fight'
that offend the eve and shock the sersitaiifiss
the city Is full-tbe blind, the 6eformed. IA.
vagnboni. the dgunksrd All these thing,
must have an adverse fIhaeBce Ca nery.
oenferz The city man. IL r. true. occaEional
ly hears fine music. and - more exeitesi infsl
lectually. but It is question il this very en-
ciienleut Is not iB tiue exbausling. and bencs
fatal 10 hsppiness- These are bBt few d
many res sons for thinking that city life Il
not JOYOUS Be the canses what they NAV
the fact = self evldeBf-too many sad aBz
miserable looking people u j. q plain cass
% me that. taken as mass, New Yorker
are not happy. J. X BEADLR